Interview
The posh podcaster gets deep and meaningful with Jordan Paramor
Spencer Matthews has long left his reality roots behind, and now the 35 year old is best known as a broadcaster and an entrepreneur, having founded his non-alcoholic spirits company CleanCo in 2019. He tied the knot with his presenter wife (and podcast co-host)
Vogue Williams in 2018, after telling her he was going to marry her the very first time he met her on celebrity skiing show The Jump the previous year. The couple are parents to Theodore, five, Gigi, three, and Otto, one.
IRL, Spencer is very posh, very handsome and very funny. He has the casual confidence of someone who has been very well-educated, but apparently not even Eton can teach you that Jesus isn’t basically the same as Santa Claus. “Seriously, I had no idea,” he laughs. We chatted to him as he geared up to star on both The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C and the latest series of Pilgrimage, which saw him embark on a spiritual trek around Wales with six fellow celebs. How’s that for eclectic?
Did you enjoy taking part in BakeOff ?
It was phenomenal. The honour of standing in the tent was almost too much. I’ve always been a huge fan of the show and I’m just particularly delighted to be involved in the Stand Up To Cancer version. Meeting Paul [Hollywood] and Prue [Leith] was obviously a huge highlight, and now I bake most days at home.
Seriously?
No, I’m kidding. I have done a bit of baking since, but it’s mostly been Vogue doing it, I have to admit. She bakes with the kids, but now I’ve been on Bake Off, I kind of sit back and offer advice when it’s not needed.
She must love that…
No, she doesn’t. Any interference with Vogue’s cooking tends to not be appreciated. We both cook and mix it up a bit. It usually depends on who’s had the most full-on day. There is a bit of Deliveroo going on,especially with three kids.
What’s your food delivery of choice?
I’m a huge pizza guy. I would have pizza at least twice a week if I could. I’ll sometimes have it as a snack. I’ll order two pizzas and I’ll pan-fry the second one the next day and have it for lunch. I’ll add spices and I’ll dunk the crispy bits of pizza in houmous and Siracha sauce. If you haven’t done that before, it’s delicious.
Tattoo? No, biro
That should be the biggest takeaway from this interview.
Which of the other contestants did you get on best with?
I think we’re very, very fortunate with our group. I loved Munya [Chawawa, actor and comedian]. He’s absolutely phenomenal and so funny. We were next to each other, so we battled throughout. We had general levels of animosity to each other during the bakes, and then we were friendly afterwards. I r
